Events

Trans rights activist and athlete Schuylar Bailar presents his urgent guide to gender and why it matters.

Local author Betty Shamieh launches her debut novel, Too Soon, an exploration of the lives of three generations of Palestinian American women.

The bestselling author of Your Inner Fish takes readers on an epic adventure to the North and South Poles to reveal the secrets locked in the ice about life, the cosmos, and our planet’s future.

Bestselling author Allison Saft returns to Kepler’s for the the release of her new sweeping, star-crossed romance, Wings of Starlight.

Free! Hear from and meet Rita Bullwinkel, Yangsze Choo, Anita Felicelli, Cary Groner, and Rajesh C. Oza.

Kevin Fagan’s The Lost and the Found, set in San Francisco, explores the human side of what’s behind the homelessness epidemic.

New York Times bestselling author, journalist, and technology activist Cory Doctorow returns to the world of Red Team Blues to bring us the origin story of Martin Hench and the most powerful new tool for crime ever invented: the personal computer.

Microdosing is proving to be a safe and powerful approach to a wide range of health conditions and enhanced performance. James Fadiman, an early psychedelic researcher, and co-author Jordan Gruber join us to discuss the first comprehensive book on microdosing, Microdosing for Health, Healing and Enhanced Performance.

Caldecott Honor winner Shawn Harris joins us for story time and an interactive drawing workshop inspired by his new book "Let's Be Bees".

Joshua Miele’s work has had a profound impact on making the world more accessible, and he joins us to share his groundbreaking work creating equitable access to information and tools for blind and visually impaired individuals.

Two extraordinary voices in contemporary literature join us on the Kepler’s stage to explore one of the must-read books of the year, Tommy Orange’s Wandering Stars.

Award-winning author Laila Lalami joins us with her riveting new novel about one woman's fight for freedom.

In her groundbreaking Eve, Cat Bohannon asks the questions that scientists should have been addressing for decades about female bodies.

Bestselling authors and journalistic titans Ezra Klein and Derek Thompson join us to rethink some of society's most deep-rooted problems.

Environmentalist Paul Hawken takes on a journey into the world of carbon, the most versatile element on the planet.

Bestselling author John Green invites us to join the conversation about the world's deadliest infectious disease. THIS EVENT HAS SOLD OUT.

Carolyn Huynh joins us on the Kepler’s stage with her stunning new family dramedy Family Recipe.

Gary Rivlin has had a front-row seat to Silicon Valley’s AI gold rush, and he joins us to talk about his new book “AI Valley” which describes founders, venture capitalists, and tech titans locked a mad-dash race to cash in on the most transformative technology since the internet.

Bestselling author Alka Joshi returns to Kepler’s with her sweeping new novel, Six Days in Bombay.

Stegner Fellow Jemimah Wei joins us with her dazzling debut novel which explores the formation and dissolution of family bonds in a story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore.

"Remarkably Bright Creatures" author, Shelby Van Pelt, joins us to talk about casting a giant octopus at the center of her novel and more!